These slides were part of a session on professional development at the 2010 NROC members meeting.

2. eMINTS enhancing Missouri’s Instructional Networked Teaching Strategies

4. Virtual Virginia Cathy Cheely Director Virtual Virginia [email_address] 866.650.0021 www.virtualvirginia.org http://tinyurl.com/m66wgl http://twitter.com/virtualva

6. Virtual Virginia Professional Development Activities Activity Type When Optional/Mandatory Description Teacher Week F2F August Mandatory New teachers - 5 days Returning teachers - 3 days Facilitator Intro (7 weeks) Virtual Varies Mandatory Initial training for all instructors Adv. Facilitator (3 weeks) Virtual Varies Mandatory - FT Optional - PT Virtual learning community Mission Control Virtual Continuous Mandatory- Tricks of Trade Team Forums Optional - All Other Boards Discussion Boards, Learning Community, Book Groups Elluminate Sessions Virtual Bi-Monthly Optional Variety of topics hosted by admin and team leaders - archived for those who can’t attend live Faculty Meetings Virtual Weekly Mandatory Thursdays at 7 pm via Elluminate Archived for those who can’t attend live Department Meetings Virtual Monthly Mandatory Hosted by team leaders - archived for those who can’t attend live AP Seminars / Workshops F2F/Virtual Varies Mandatory Week long seminars every 5 years Full day workshop every 2 years Regional Meetings F2F Varies Mandatory Day-long “work-ins” for local faculty Webinars Virtual Varies Optional Hosted by ETLO, SREB, NACOL Teacher Mentor Program F2F/Virtual Continuous Mandatory for New Teachers Paired with experienced teachers/Meet regularly/Enrolled in courses National and State Conferences F2F/Virtual Varies Optional Content specific and technology related conferences for educators